The Child in Time. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 1987 book
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The Child in Time
Ian McEwan, 1987
movie vs book
Julian Farino, 2017

A successful writer of children’s books is confronted with the unthinkable —he loses his only child, four-year-old Kate, in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, he realises his daughter is gone. Kate’s absence sets Stephen and his wife on diverging paths as both struggle with an all-consuming grief.